nilla

English

Noun

nilla (countable and uncountable, plural nillas)

1. (informal) Clipping of vanilla. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (derogatory, ethnic slur) A white person.
   • 2003, K. Broussard, What Looks Like Black, page 124:

     Getting with her would be just like fucking a white girl and I don't want no 'nilla

   • 2003, Patricia Haley, Patricia Haley-Brown, Blind Faith, page 222:

     Yeah, Nilla, I like that." Sebastian was humored and enjoyed Jamal's free spirit, but had no intention of endorsing the new name he had been given, beyond the confines of this Buick.

   • 2004, Tor Kung, My Mother Taught Me, page 184:

     Get water for him Nilla so he can wash her cunt, and make her ready to receive me. NOW. Commence.

Usage notes

• Sometimes used as an alternative to or bowdlerization of nigga when a white person is involved.

Anagrams

• Naill, Llani, in all, all in, all-in, Niall